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Working with
Andrea has been an awesome experience for me. I have learned what singing
capabilities I have rather than just mimicking other singers. I feel like she is
someone I can confide in. She has adequately prepared me for auditions in NYC
and I feel confident and ready to book future auditions thanks to her patience,
joy and dedication to helping each one of her students. Chanel
Edwards-Frederick Andrea is an
excellent teacher, the best I've ever had. She provides a very comfortable and calm learning
environment, and has considerable knowledge of French, German, and Italian diction, which she is
more than willing to help her students with. She always listens to her students, and has an
incredible amount of knowledge on how to handle different vocal and technical problems. I have an
incredibly fast vibrato, which has been a source of annoyance for many of my past instructors,
because they couldn't figure out how to get it to slow down. Andrea is the first instructor I met
who was able to give me the tools and exercises I needed to get my vibrato under control. I don't
know what I would have done without her! Abigail McDonough Andrea
helped me immensely to discover my authentic voice. The first thing I learned was to breathe
correctly and to use my body (soft palate, tongue, diaphragm etc.) to shape the vowels and
consonants while singing. I gained a huge amount of confidence and am so grateful to Andrea for
holding recitals. I rebelled at first and did not want to sing solos, but it was one of the best
experiences of my life. Performing was such an opportunity for growth and it was wonderful to bond
with the other singers in the studio. We all enjoyed seeing one another's progress and talking about
singing. Andrea is a treasure and a very large loss to the Minneapolis music community. Becky Winkelmann Mezzo-soprano Real estate consultant Andrea
Kovago is the best voice teacher I have ever worked with. She has taught me more about voice
technique than anyone else in the 20 or so years that I have taken voice lessons. I never understood
what "raising the soft palate" meant until she made me actually feel it. She is also very concerned
about the meaning of music in our lives. She encourages her students to work towards something, a
small recital, finishing a complete song cycle, and the like. She brings her students together in
small studio recitals, a wonderful opportunity to perform in a relaxed and supportive environment.
She will tell you when it sounds good, and she will tell you when it doesn't, and that's what a
student needs. It was wonderful to work with her and I wish she had been able to stay in the US. Jenneke Oosterhoff Age 46 Soprano Senior Lecturer in Dutch Studies at the
University of Minnesota I have
always loved music and always wished I could find a way to develop my voice correctly. Andrea began
with teaching me the basics of good breathing technique, music-reading and rhythms, language
exploration and then allowing me to sing and work on pieces by artists I personally enjoyed. Andrea
was patient throughout this whole process, but not passive. If I did anything wrong, Andrea would
quickly catch my mistake and then we worked hard at correcting it. Andrea also had us memorize songs
and perform music at local churches and other locations. This helped us (the studio) get over our
fear of performing in public. In Minneapolis Minnesota she developed a real musical community with
all of her students. You will not find a more dedicated person in her profession or towards you as
an individual if you join her studio and learn to sing under her instruction. Mike Richardson Age 55 Baritone Certified Public Accountant (and)
Business owner, IBM Retail Sales When I
started singing, I sang exclusively in choir. I knew I had a good voice, but one of my major
problems was that I never got to sing as a soloist. Andrea helped me change this. She helped me go
from being the second soprano way in the back row to doing my own solo recital, fifteen songs in
five languages! She helped me develop my voice and my confidence, so now I can sing and perform far
better than I ever could have if I had stayed in choir my entire career, and she introduced me to a
huge range of new music and vocal competitions. I know I still have a long way to go before I'm
entirely secure in my voice, but Andrea definitely gave me a great start to my vocal career. Muriel G.
Andrea helped me discover a big, beautiful solo voice I
never realized I had. She freed me of bad habits and bad technique I had fallen into over decades of
choral singing. Andrea also gave me the confidence to give a solo recital and audition of solo
opportunities in the Twin Cities. She has a way of bringing out the best in people, not merely in
vocal technique but also musicality, stage presence, and self-confidence. |
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